The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-11-26
Omnium Gatherum.
BY BEEMus.


BY BEEMUs.
They say Capt Rising got on to "All
Stock and No Style" cigar from "Zwanzig's
hair"
Did Mitch get his idea for the name of
his popular cigar No. Z from the bone In
shoulder cut Of beef stake?
The Globe advocates factory in Ottawa
to put up fruit--a "Can factory" A STAN.
merlng friend of ours, read 1t "A Ocean
Can factory9"
One OF the Ottawa dailies is worrying
itself about the fire limit question. That
Is problem that not only bothers some
editors here, but is likely to tackle them In
the hereafter.
Yes, that's right, boys,-when you print
alleged pictures of our great men, always
give their names below, so that no one will
mistake them for the heros of some beloved
and thunder dime novel, or the leaders of
band of newly caught train-wreckers
DGeorge Francis Frain has gone to live In
Canada. This will make a now compiled
ton in our Fishery" muddle, and add to
the damages against u.s. Geo. F., however
is more practical than the other anarchists.
Finding that he couldn't ruin this country,
he is about TO get In his work across the
the border. Rule or ruin is his motto.
Bowman, the photographer, publishes
an advertisement without space between
the words or punctuation marks. He may
not be aware that 1t was long time after
the invention of printing before the utility
of punctuation marks was recognized. An
author who regarded the scheme as Of no
consequence, printed book and added a
couple of pages, thus, q IT,: ), &c,
and remarked that his readers could put
them In wherever the pleased according to
their tastes!
Recently in circulating petition for a
swing bridge acress the "cut," on La Fay
cite street. we encountered Jim Cross and
Jay Blodgett. Gentlemen" We CON-
menced, "here is a petition for a low bridge
on" but we stopped, as If suddenly threat
ened by some immediate danger above
them both ducked their heads and held
them down full minute and then they
slowly and cautiously raised them, looking
up as If to see that they were safe. We
caught on. These gentlemen when "kids"
had whacked mules on the Erie canal.
Some of the newspapers Of this county
have fallen into the habit of trying, con-
victing and hanging every supposed GRIM
inal as soon as he has been arrested, and
far in advance of any court or jury. As
innocent people often mistaken for the
guilty, and law presumes every one inno-
cent till proven guilty, such news papers
convictions are merciless cruel, and also
contrary to the spirit of the law, as we'll as
frequently in direct contempt Of court, for
which, If the court were disposed to be strict,
these self assumed editorial judges could
be fined or imprisoned.
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Some unfortunate citizens of western
New York, have lately discovered vein
of pure natural salt $50 feet thick and a
half mile wide. and no one knows how
long. AS the duty on salt is only from 80
tos SO per cent ad valorum, and in the
United States as much salt has been dis
covered as in all the old countries com
bined, in order to prevent the salt kings
from being made beggers by the pauper
salt of Europe it will be in order according
to the republicans idea of "protection'O to
get raise In the tariff and organize "salt